Churn-dasher staff



(No Model.)

L. T. REID.

Churn Dasher Staff. No. 234,065 Patented Nov". 2, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LLOYD T. REID, OF ROOKPORT, KENTUCKY.

CHURN-DASHER STAFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,065, dated November2, 1880.

Application filed July 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD THOMAS REiD, of Rockport, in the county ofOhio and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and ImprovedGhurn-Dasher Staff, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved churn-dasherstaff which is simple in construction, durable, and convenient in use.

The invention consists in a dasher staff which is flattened so as to beelastic or flexible at or near the middle of its length or is providedwith an elastic piece at that point.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation ofa churn provided with my improved dasher-staff. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, of a modification of theconstruction of the staff.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The churn A is provided with any suitable dasher, B, which has a staff,0, passing through a central aperture in the lid D of the churn, andhaving its upper end, E, attached to the crank F.

The staff 0 of the dasher is constructed with a thin and flat elastic orflexible part at or near the middle, so that the staff can be bent andwill not produce undue friction on the sides of the aperture in the lidin case the stroke is not exactly Vertical, for as the staff is elasticits upper end can follow the movements of the crank very readily.

(N0 model.)

The staff may be made of wood, and may be shaved down at the middleuntil it is so thin as to be elastic or springy; or the upper and lowerparts of the staff may be made of wood united by a metal or othersuitable spring, G.

The stroke of this improved staff is much more elastic than that of theordinary staff, and it collects the butter much better.

I am aware that flexible or elastic pitmen are not broadly new; but I amnot aware that a churn-dasher staff has been made flexible or elasticnear the middle of its length to permit its upper end to follow the aredescribed by the crank without undue friction on the sides of theaperture of the lid of the churn.

What I therefore claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the churn-dasher B, the staff 0, having aflexible or elastic middle portion, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the churn A, the lid 1), and the crank F, ofthe elastic or flexible dasher-staff 0, provided with the dasher B,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LLOYD THOMAS REID.

Witnesses:

W. A. BENTLEY, O. HENDRIO.

